Example sentences of "be [v-ing] some [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt the publishers would claim that it was all in the pursuit of the greater truth , in the way that the slimy tabloids and the unspeakable Sunday Times do when they are parading some particularly unpleasant piece of gossip . |
| 2 | It clearly takes longer if you do it with another person or as a group but even then 15 to 20 minutes is adequate unless you are tackling some really contentious issues . |
| 3 | You 're getting some very odd ideas . ) |
| 4 | GREGGS , a bakery chain with 95 branches across the region , have been attempting some similarly sweet toothed psephology . |
| 5 | ‘ He feels very , very fully occupied , ’ said Mrs Quigley , ‘ but we are getting some very serious indications that he has been … having a personal rethink . ’ |
| 6 | Some sort of ex-military man who 'd been having some rather rough games with some of the boys . |
| 7 | I 've been having some quite intelligent guesses but no one 's hit the nail on the head . |
| 8 | John Hornby Skewes are doing some rather wicked guitar-orientated Christmas stockings this year . |
| 9 | And he 's been saying some very wild things to George . |
| 10 | you 'll be quite pleased with this cos I 'm getting some really good big bits out now |
| 11 | And but , very shortly the branches are gon na be getting some more appropriate , and it 's gon na be a lot more that needs to be se sort of kept on overnight . |
| 12 | Next week I shall be talking to Peter Abbs about teaching the arts and he will be reading some very interesting children 's poetry . |
| 13 | You 'll also be overlooking some nonchalantly sly snippets of humour : the sleeve of ‘ Oomalama ’ features half a dozen plastic animals . |
| 14 | I sometimes think that I would like all the attachments that go with the machine , but at my age ( 78+ ) I do n't really think it 's worth it , I 'm making some very nice things as it is . |
| 15 | Pisa when they come forward , do n't be misled , are playing some very attractive football indeed . |
| 16 | I watched the strange smile on the American woman 's face — like the smile students wore in the movie-house at Toronto when they were watching some particularly syrupy moment from a corny trailer , extorted smiles , full of shame and self-consciousness , but the suppressed emotion sincere enough and shown unguarded in the darkness , except I was playing the voyeur . |
| 17 | If you are watching some highly developed dance form , or some elaborately staged drama , or listening to highly developed music , or looking at highly developed sculpture or painting , you have at least some given mode of access to each art . |
| 18 | Citalia is offering some remarkably low prices for motorists taking their own cars in April , May and October to selected Country Villas in Tuscany and Umbria , and to apartments in Brenzone on Lake Garda and Diano Marina on the famous Italian Riviera . |
| 19 | The actor , singer and dancer Paul Nicholas is following some mighty big footsteps by taking it on , including Michael Crawford and Jim Dale . |
| 20 | Deborah Tapp discovered how a picture-postcard thatched cottage is rekindling some very happy memories |
| 21 | But he 's shooting some pretty piercing glances around , I tell you . |
| 22 | Over in the Mid-West , another famous company was using some very minimalist machines . |
| 23 | Over in the Mid-West , another famous company was using some very minimalist machines . |
| 24 | The first was that the time-shock I had suffered was inducing some highly life-like illusions . |
| 25 | Edward , at the same time and eight miles away , was dispensing some moderately expensive education to the Lower Fourth at Croxford House . |
| 26 | He noticed that Jim was wearing some very expensive-looking clothes , and feared he might be spending all Bella 's earnings on his own back . |